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Why did I name this site Yellow Iris? Read on!
First off, this is a shrine to Kouga... In case you didn't realise... *cough* And Kouga is leader of the wolf tribe, and is a wolf-demon. Wolves traditionally have yellow eyes that see all; they are very perceptive of intruders and their surroundings. Now, all eyes have irises, or they should otherwise you'd be half blind...
If you combine all that into one huge wad, you come up with 'Yellow Iris.' However, you may have noticed that Kouga's eyes are not yellow, instead they are blue. I didn't really want to name the site, 'Blue Iris' or 'Sapphire Iris' or any other fancy 'blue' name... Kouga's companions and wolves all basically have yellow eyes, and so, regardless of the fact that Kouga's eyes are blue, I named this site, 'Yellow Iris.'
However, it doesn't end here... Why should I have named the site, 'Yellow Iris' instead of something more captivating and catching like 'Golden Iris'? Well... In truth, I didn't think of that name when I made the splash pic at the front... I had already put Yellow Iris in that pic.. Being the lazy bum I am, I couldn't be bothered to redo the pic and put 'Golden Iris' instead. Also, I believe that wolves' eyes are not necessarily golden; they are a dirty rather grundy/murky yellow - almost brown. Golden would not have matched in reality... True, it is stereo-typical that wolves' eyes "glow golden" in the dark, but what the heck!? Whats done is done, and in fact, I rather like the name, "Yellow Iris."
So... "Yellow Iris" is it!
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